Boxers are too loose fitting, and frequently ride up into The Phantom Zone, thus causing you to have to do that embarrassing reverse Picard Maneuver to unwedge them.

Briefs make Fandral, Hogun, and Volstagg (The Warriors Three) feel like they're stuck in the Death Star trash compactor, complete with the freaky one-eyed monster struggling to get out before the walls crush him.

Just remembering what my Mom always told me as I was growing up:
"Always have a fresh pair of underwear on, with no holes, so if you are hurt and have to go to the hospital, you won't be embarrassed...."

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LOL we just found another planetary constant: my mom told me literally the same and she was told it by her mom.
(to which admonition the traditional reply in my family is: "and stay a good catholic, don't engage in intermarriage, don't get run over by a tricycle and don't fall into a letter box!" )

...as I remember, along with the clean underwear thing, there were only 4 Major Perils:

Boxer-briefs, here, as well. I do not want a low sperm count. I believe in keeping myself in the best form possible. Every part of my being maintained ... robust and potent. And boxer-briefs just look better, I feel. Gotta look our best for the ladies ...

LOL we just found another planetary constant: my mom told me literally the same and she was told it by her mom.
(to which admonition the traditional reply in my family is: "and stay a good catholic, don't engage in intermarriage, don't get run over by a tricycle and don't fall into a letter box!" )

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By "intermarriage," I assume they meant marrying outside of the faith -- as opposed to, say, marrying someone of another race or another species.

^I am not sure. The German "Mischehe" can refer to both. However, since at my great-grandma's time there were hardly any foreigners in Germany, I suppose she was refering to different confessions. Like most Bavarians I have Huns and Romans among my ancestors, though. "Make love not war" is a sound concept and increases the gene pool.

My appologies. When I started the poll I had no idea of the existence of boxer-briefs, but it being a multiple choice poll you can pick either both options (boxers and briefs) or chose "other" and elaborate. Just in case I'll count the boxer-brief entries so that we get an approximate number of its supporters (no pun intended).

I had to look up "going commando" as well (the really important stuff is never listed in dictionaries ). Does anyone know how that phrase was created? It seems a bit puzzling to a foreigner.

I had to look up "going commando" as well (the really important stuff is never listed in dictionaries ). Does anyone know how that phrase was created? It seems a bit puzzling to a foreigner.

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The exact origin is uncertain, dating back to either college campuses in the US in the 70s during/post-Vietnam, or Britain in the 80s post-Falklands.

It's generally agreed to refer to the practice of soldiers (especially special forces soldiers AKA commandos) not wearing underwear for various reasons: to avoid crotch-rot and chafing, to allow ventilation and avoid moisture in hot and/or wet climates, because chances to clean your underwear on long deployments are slim, and so forth.

It became really widespread and well-known when it was used on the show Friends in 1994 when Joey said he wouldn't "go commando in another man's fatigues."

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weird practice since actually in a hot climate you sweat and chafe far more without undies than with. Not to mention the easier access to delicate areas for certain many-legged creatures of which tropical regions are particularly full of.
But then military and common sense have traditionally excluded each other ever since Hannibal tried to walk Elephants across glaciers.

LOL we just found another planetary constant: my mom told me literally the same and she was told it by her mom.
(to which admonition the traditional reply in my family is: "and stay a good catholic, don't engage in intermarriage, don't get run over by a tricycle and don't fall into a letter box!" )

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By "intermarriage," I assume they meant marrying outside of the faith -- as opposed to, say, marrying someone of another race or another species.

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Hey, scot!...just for the record, Rhubarb wrote the above quote, not me...

...however, to your comment, I am not, theoretically, opposed to inter species marriage, and have heard it said that